They always ask for an ID, find your name in a big book, then have you sign next to your name.

After that, I got a slip of paper I handed to the supervisor, who put a card into a voting machine and brought up my ballot.

You lost me on the whole 'filling out a card which shows who you voted for'... your vote should only be within the machine; not on a card you fill out. You may have been hornswaggled if you voted on a card you fill out yourself.

They always ask for an ID, find your name in a big book, then have you sign next to your name.

After that, I got a slip of paper I handed to the supervisor, who put a card into a voting machine and brought up my ballot.

You lost me on the whole 'filling out a card which shows who you voted for'... your vote should only be within the machine; not on a card you fill out. You may have been hornswaggled if you voted on a card you fill out yourself.

They handed out a card that had a unique number, labelled "voting card." On the form you fill out to put in the machine, they wrote that number down on the card, then collected the card on your way out.

The card had:
My Name.
Unique ID of the voting slip I filled out.

When I refused to give the card they said you have to give it to them. Because I didn't want to make a scene, I gave it to them.

Only thing I can think of is due to a lot of provisional voting that will be going on in the new york area due to the power outages. If you are voting provisionally, your information is put together with your vote, so they can verify your identity and right to vote. If you don't really qualify, they can disqualify that vote.

Only thing I can think of is due to a lot of provisional voting that will be going on in the new york area due to the power outages. If you are voting provisionally, your information is put together with your vote, so they can verify your identity and right to vote. If you don't really qualify, they can disqualify that vote.

If all my information is right, and I am in the right place to vote, they shouldn't check anything.

Please change your title to "Is this Anti-Voter-Fraud in The Bronx?", kthx.

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Since when does you having to prove who you are and ensuring that we know each vote is from a unique voter who only voted once = making it public record?

So you basically want the ability to vote anonymously, without having to prove who you are, so nobody will know if the voted once or multiple times or that you are even entitled to a vote in the first place? Yeah, that will help make the process more honest.

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Since when does you having to prove who you are and ensuring that we know each vote is from a unique voter who only voted once = making it public record?

So you basically want the ability to vote anonymously, without having to prove who you are, so nobody will know if the voted once or multiple times or that you are even entitled to a vote in the first place? Yeah, that will help make the process more honest.

Since when does you having to prove who you are and ensuring that we know each vote is from a unique voter who only voted once = making it public record?

So you basically want the ability to vote anonymously, without having to prove who you are, so nobody will know if the voted once or multiple times or that you are even entitled to a vote in the first place? Yeah, that will help make the process more honest.

Every Election prior to this, they'd look up my name, put a check next to it, or I'd initial, and I'd go into a booth to vote.

That's it. 5-10 minutes max. I spent an insane amount of time to vote this year, just for my right to an anonymous vote to be thrown in the trash? Something is VERY wrong this year.

Since when does you having to prove who you are and ensuring that we know each vote is from a unique voter who only voted once = making it public record?

So you basically want the ability to vote anonymously, without having to prove who you are, so nobody will know if the voted once or multiple times or that you are even entitled to a vote in the first place? Yeah, that will help make the process more honest.

The illegals here in California can vote as many times as the want with as many names as they want to make up. How is anyone going to tell Jose from Jose? "Any distinguishing characteristics?" "Well officer, he had black hair and brown eyes and was around 5 ft 6 inches tall and spoke a language I couldn't understand".